No 10661, Thursday 03 Jan 13, xChequer

 Another excellent CW from xChequer though I have a few questions.

ACROSS

1   Dry rum initially consumed, can get plastered with this? (6) TROWEL {T{R}OWEL}

4   Abusive words, these sadly smother mine (8) EPITHETS {E{PIT}HETS*}

10 Cause tail to wag, make it real (9) ACTUALISE*

11 Block armaments, seal fate (5) KARMA [T]

12 Popular bases are undesirable environments (7) HOTBEDS {HOT}{BEDS}

13 Model exercise interrupted to dismantle swing (7) TRAPEZE {T}{RA{PE}ZE}

14 Affected by fervour with image of goddess (4) AVID <=

15 Compelling country to accept direction, Oriental’s travel permit rejected (10) PERSUASIVE {PER{S}U}{ASIV<=}{E<=}

19 Once-over for Indian ship before drill, combat will mostly follow (10) INSPECTION {INS}{PE}{aCTION}

20 Brought over charts and unwanted correspondence (4) SPAM <=

23 Rim belt adjusted for tambourine (7) TIMBREL*

26 Alternates between speakers lacking direction (7) TEETERS TwEETERS

27 Sage, polite man reciprocated greeting (5) RISHI {RIS<=}{HI}

28 Adolescents rightly get a sneer (9) TEENAGERS*

29 Many a pig found inside a wood (8) MAHOGANY {M{A}{HOG}ANY}

30 Angry man’s blind date (6) HEATED {HE}{DATE*}

DOWN

1   Reach a junction, regroup for a breather (7) TRACHEA {REACH+A+T}*

2   Exposed, removes clothes and performs better (9) OUTSTRIPS {OUT}{STRIPS}

3   Shelter safeguarding worker hoisted up for protective coating (6) ENAMEL {E{NAM}EL}<=

5   Fold suit on table top (5) PLEAT {PLEA}{T}

6   Income gone, food to go? (4-4) TAKE-AWAY {TAKE}-{AWAY}

7   Lofty dwelling, King and Emperor living inside, see? (5) EYRIE {EY{R}{I}E} 'I' for Emperor? (See comments)

8   Closely connected cats? (7) SIAMESE [CD]

9   Imprudent girl, darling, overstepped a point (8) MISSPENT {MISS}{PE{N}T}

16 Kiss without warning, thereafter straighten things out (8) SMOOTHEN {SMOOch}{THEN} Warning and 'ch'? (See comments)

17 Deploy tool (9) IMPLEMENT [DD]

18 Desire variable remuneration without limit (8) YEARNING {Y}{EARNINGs}

19 Meanwhile bury him sans top honours (7) INTERIM {INTER}{hIM}

21 Maltreated union leader crushed by loss experienced (7) MISUSED {MIS{U}SED}

22 Harshly rebuke engineer on charge (6) BERATE {BE}{RATE}

24 Obligatory hospital time when tusker’s feeling very hot? (5) MUSTH {MUST}{H}

25 Tongue of American found in Chile, say (5) LATIN {LATIN america}

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No 10660, Wednesday 02 Jan 13, Sunnet

 An inbuilt word building exercise from Sunnet today.

ACROSS

1   Begins contracting street murals (6) STARTS {ST}{ARTS}

4   Knives discovered looking back inside sink’s drain operation (8) PONIARDS {PO}{NIARD}{S} [T<=]

10 Rush took printed matter inside and redecorated the surface (9) REPAPERED {RE{PAPER}ED}

11 Narrow source of light (5) TAPER [DD]

12 Question a pretender (5) POSER [DD]

13 Self-confessed bellhops are those that bring in stuff (9) IMPORTERS {I'M}{PORTERS}

14 Authorise one to give a name (7) ENTITLE [DD]

16 Only half a magnetic coil (4) SOLE SOLEnoid

19 Record band (4) TAPE [DD]

21 Jacket with shirt for woman hunter (7) TRAPPER (-w+t)TRAPPER

24 Procedure to remove fluid from pliant asp (6,3) SPINAL TAP*

25 Merry Spanish saint stripped off kilt (5) PLEAT Anno pending (Addendum - PLEAsanT - See comments)

26 People I heard on the radio (5) INDIA ? Anno pending (Addendum - [CD] - See comments)

27 Half of on-site allowance given for rehearsal (9) ITERATION {on-sITE}{RATION}

28 Rama’s wife going back into some forest tract (8) TREATISE {TRE{ATIS<=}E}

29 Sailor with bulging viewer? (6) POPEYE {POP}{EYE}

DOWN

1   Well-built trainer’s assistant (8) STRAPPER [DD]

2   Fitting answer knocked off oxygen from opponent (8) APPOSITE (-o+a)APPOSITE

3   I trap unruly animal (5) TAPIR*

5   Man who saw nothing to choose between mother and wife (7) OEDIPUS [GK]

6   Bury gangster with beheaded actuary among other things (5,4) INTER ALIA {INTER} {AL}IA Anno pending (Addendum - {INTER} {AL}{aIA} - See comments)

7   Performer gets the attention of those inside (6) RAPPER [DD]

8   Accentuate some silky plait (6) STRESS {S}{TRESS}

9   Glorify this era cut off from the Garden of Eden (6) PRAISE PaRAdISE

15 Replaced a pear tart pan (4,5) TEAR APART*

17 A prince with little desire (8) APPETITE {A}{P}{PETITE}

18 Claim to sound like nine-year-olds perhaps? (8) PRETENCE (~pre-tens)

20 Involves surgically separating part of rectum from intestines (7) ENTAILS ENTrAILS

21 Is Innkeeper an eavesdropper? (6) TAPPER [DD]

22 A bladder reportedly to support (6) ASSIST {A}{SSIST}(~cyst)

23 Screen puzzle (6) RIDDLE [DD]

25 Soft article dividing one with Indian ancestry (5) PIANO {PI{AN}O}

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